v.a. Pinch And Ouch

Pinch And Ouch is an all Kyūshū compilation album from 1985. The big names are obviously Kuro and Gai, and the Aggressive Dogs to a lesser degree. Gai sound a lot more like the Swankys on these tracks; they’re still dirty and raw, but it’s a far cry from their legendary 7“ and their tapes.
Gedon lean more towards punkrock, one of their tracks (Today Is Happy!) is a very happy and bouncy number, but Entertainer is a pretty cool, dark dirge.
Gess go from rocking, almost 77-style punk to really fast hardcore, which sounds a bit too happy for me.
No-Cut are slower, also more on the punkrock side, sadly not very special imho.
After them, the Aggressive Dogs offer some faster paced punkrock, but sadly also not very aggressive.
Lastly, Kuro show some changes in their sound compared to their first 7“ and 8“ releases. Not nearly as dirty, with a pretty clean and very tight sound, and even some competent metallic guitar wanks. Still very cool, just different.

Ouch! No pinching!

Kuro – Revival Of Death 7″

I have no idea if Revival Of Death was a posthumous but official release by Kuro, or if it was a bootleg. Anyway, side A has a previously unreleased track (“Black Empire”) and an awesome, alternative version of “No More No”. Side B has two pretty raw live tracks (“Hell Dive” and once more “No More No”).

Side A rocked my ass!

Kuro – Hardcore Damnation – 1983/1986 LP

Kuro must be my favorites of those crazy Kyūshū noisecore bands. Hardcore Damnation – 1983/1986 is a recent bootleg compilation of almost all their releases. It’s got their debut live 7″, the Who The Helpless 8″ , the tracks from the Pinch And Ouch! compilation LP and the Fire 7″. What’s missing are the studio outtakes that came as a bonus for the Fire 7″ and the posthumous Revival Of Death 7″.

Do you enjoy distortion to deafness? Then get it!

Kuro – Who The Helpless 7″

Who The Helpless by Kuro (“Black”) was originally released in the 8″ format. It’s really great shit: raw, primitiv and noisy with raspy, overdriven vocals. Kuro were not as wild as some of the other bands from Kyūshū, but had a bit more of a d-beat influence. All their official output was recently bootlegged as the Hardcore Damnation 1983 – 1986 LP.
Btw. the kanji Kuro used for their name does not actually mean black, but white (read as “shiro”).

X – 絶望した!

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